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Martin Landau
Martin James Landau was an American actor. His career began in the late 1950s, with early film appearances including a supporting role in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959). His career breakthrough came with leading roles in the television series Mission: Impossible (1966–1969) and Space: 1999 (1975–1977).
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entertainment · American actor (1928–2017) · film actor · television actor · stage actor · voice actor · film producer · actor · also Martin Landau, Martin James Landau, Landau
Born 20 June 1928 · Died 15 July 2017 · Q294641
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2017· 7 entries
The Guardian: Martin Landau obituary
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The Guardian: A great actor who grew into his gravitas: Martin Landau remembered | Peter Bradshaw
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The Guardian: Oscar-winning actor Martin Landau dies aged 89 – video report
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The Guardian: Martin Landau, star of Ed Wood and Crimes and Misdemeanors, dies aged 89
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Landau died at age 89 at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles; he had been briefly hospitalized
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Died 2017-07-15.
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2015· 1 entry
Landau starred alongside Christopher Plummer in the film Remember
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2006· 2 entries
Awarded Mary Pickford Award (2006).
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Made a guest appearance in the series Entourage as Bob Ryan, a washed-up but determined and sympathetic Hollywood producer attempting to relive his glory days, a portrayal that earned him a second Emmy nomination
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1995· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Ed Wood (1995).
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1989· 1 entry
Landau appeared in Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) The film is split into two stories: one humorous, one dark in nature
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1973· 1 entry
Landau guest-starred in the Columbo episode Double Shock alongside Peter Falk, as twin brothers involved in the murder of their rich uncle
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1965· 1 entry
Played villain General Grimm in the TV series The Wild Wild West S1 E11 "The Night of the Red-Eyed Madmen"
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1963· 1 entry
Played a survivor of a post-pandemic world in The Outer Limits episode, "The Man Who Was Never Born"
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1962· 1 entry
Acted in the Western film Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock
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1957· 1 entry
Made his Broadway debut in Middle of the Night
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1955· 1 entry
Landau and Steve McQueen were the only applicants accepted out of 500
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1928· 2 entries
Born 1928-06-20.
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In Brooklyn, New York, the son of Morris and Selma Landau (née Buchman)
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